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Mythic Mandarin

跟 (gēn): meaning and stroke order

跟 (gēn) means heel, to follow closely, to go with, (of a woman) to marry sb, with, compared with, to.

跟

Simplified
跟
Traditional
跟 (same form)
Pinyin
gēn

Stroke order of 跟

跟

  • gēn heel; to follow closely
  • 13 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 跟

  1. gēn
    • heel
    • to follow closely
    • to go with
    • (of a woman) to marry sb
    • with
    • compared with
    • to
    • towards
    • and (joining two nouns)

Radical and structure

跟
Radical 足 (Kangxi radical 157) · 13 strokes · 𧾷 on the left, 艮 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 跟

跟 in our stories

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  • 方明问：“你喝什么？”叶子说：“跟你一样。”

    Fāng Míng wèn nǐ hē shénme Yèzi shuō gēn nǐ yíyàng

    Fang Ming asked, "What would you like to drink?" Yezi said, "The same as you."

    From the story The first date HSK 2

  • 白露很生气，一个星期都没跟她说话。

    Bái Lù hěn shēngqì yí gè xīngqī dōu méi gēn tā shuōhuà

    Bai Lu was very angry and didn't speak to her for a whole week.

    From the story That last piece HSK 3

  • 孟凯第一次一个人出差，公司派他去广州跟一家大客户谈合作。

    Mèng Kǎi dì-yī cì yí gè rén chūchāi gōngsī pài tā qù Guǎngzhōu gēn yì jiā dà kèhù tán hézuò

    Meng Kai was on his first business trip alone: the company had sent him to Guangzhou to discuss working with a big client.

    From the story Three circles HSK 4

Stories using 跟

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).